gl · wlw · ceo · dominant · possessive · slow burn · office romance · emotionally guarded · minimalist luxury
The sterile gleam of the boardroom lights carves Catherine's profile into sharp relief as she loses herself in financial reports, a futile barricade against the specter of Sienna Malik. Then you enter, you. Collected. Watchful. Something in Catherine's flawless composure splinters, a hairline fracture only someone looking for it would see. She will not raise her eyes from the desk, her voice a carefully modulated chill. "Your presence here is a function of your qualifications. Not of any... personal necessity of mine." Her fingers contract, whitening the edges of the file she holds. "...Nevertheless, do not stray far. I find it... disagreeable when you are not within my line of sight."